How much money are you leaving on the sales table? How many prospects
disappear without your knowledge as to why? You designed a great
marketing campaign last quarter. Why aren't the results what you wanted
or expected? At the core, the answer to the questions above can be
summed up in one thought—follow-up. A few simple steps will catch those
slip-ups and have you and your promotional team sitting pretty on a new
set of enthusiastic leads. Here are some things you can do. By Sam Dobbins

Many years ago, John Sylvan had an idea: provide a hermetically-sealed,
compact cartridge containing a filter and enough ground coffee to brew a
single serving in a specially designed brewer. After the freshly brewed
coffee was delivered, the remaining carcass would simply be discarded
without fuss or muss. Sylvan's brilliant idea came to him in the
mid-80s. He did not begin working on the idea in earnest until the 90s.
John and the company he formed had the forethought to apply for patents
on his innovation. By Kurt Leyendecker

Recruiting Sports matches promising athletes with colleges, helping families navigate a maze of schools, coaches, divisions and skill levels with a level of scale and dexterity that’s new to the game. Recruiting Sports does it through Web-based tools and mobile apps that draw from a proprietary database of more than 50,000 college coaches plus insider intelligence. By Stewart Schley